Places snailhugs Wants to Go

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

The Natural History Museum that time forgot.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.